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THE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF MORINGA

 Moringa is a tree plant. The scientific name of moringa tree is Moringaoleifera. It is also called “Drumstick” and “Horse stick”. Having the origin in India, it has powerful health enhancing capacity. India’s traditional ancient Ayurveda uses moringa for the treatment of nearly 300 diseases.

The moringa leaf is source of nutrition and natural energy booster. As this energy is not based on sugar, it is sustained. It helps to lower blood pressure, as a sleeping aid and it also has detoxifying effect for which it can be used to purify water.

The leaves of drumstick provides 7 times more vitamin c than orange, 4 times more calcium than milk, 4 times more vitamin than that of carrot, 3 times more potassium than that of banana and 2 times more protein than that of yogurt.

Juice from the leaves is used to treat anxiety. It controls glucose level in case of diabetes. Juice from leaves mixed with honey and followed by a drink of coconut milk 2-3 times a day gives remedy from diarrhea, dysentery and colitis. Leaves and buds are rubbed on the temples for headache. Leaf juice is also used as skin antiseptic. Leaves of moringa tree are used to treat fever, bronchitis, eye and ear infections and scurvy. Leaves when eaten raw are able to kill intestinal worms. Eating leaves is believed to increase a woman’s milk production and sometimes used against anemia. It has other medicinal properties also like it reduces hair loss, prevent swelling in hand and legreduces body heat, helps in improving and detoxifying blood in the body, prevents asthma, reduces body pain. The roots of drumstick cure nervous weakness. The flower of drumstick helps to maintain the health of heart.

If we have a drumstick plant in our garden that means we have a doctor in home. From the bottom of the plant to the top i.e. root, stem, branches, flowers, gum and leaves are raw material of many medicines. That is way it is extensively used to cure many diseases in Ayurveda.